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1. Clear All Clutter When a buyer walks through your home, they have to “see and feel” themselves moving into the house. If the house is cluttered and messy, nobody is going to see themselves enjoying the home. If a buyer can’t see or feel themselves moving in, they aren’t buying.
2. Get Rid of Evidence of Pets Smells, fur, scratch marks on furniture or carpeting … all a potential repellant of a good buyer. Not because they don’t love pets, but because your home must feel pleasant and “move-in ready”. You don’t know what kind of allergies, scent sensitivity, or otherwise a good buyer might have. Not a hard fix.
3. Get Rid of Evidence of the kids We’re not saying to change the bedrooms and send them away to the grandparents (though that might be a nice break). What you want to get rid of is anything that looks like a tornado just came through with toys, games, shoes, blankets, dolls, and so forth. The only rooms that kids should be obvious in are their bedrooms. The rest of the house needs to present itself in a tidy fashion.
AT A GLANCE CHALLENGES How do I get started? What do buyers want? Can I hire someone? Is there a Zen of Home Seling?
BENEFITS Up to 10% increase in sales price Fewer days to close
4. Clean Up The Front Yard and Porches When a buyer pulls up, the first thing they look at is curb appeal. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve driven up to a house with my buyers, they look at the curb appeal and quickly ask me to drive away. Game over for the seller. This doesn’t take much effort and can pay big dividends.
5. Get Rid of Sunken Paving Stones Or anything else that you’ve been procrastinating on that is obvious, wouldn’t take more than a Saturday afternoon to fix, and would improve the presentability of your house. It’s a competitive market, and buyers shop by comparison. So be competitive. Fix those nagging things.
RORY MANNING, SRES® Broker Owner | Originator “Committed to delivering the very best home sales experience to my clients. P: (760) 216-4212 E: rory@compadrebrokers.com